From: 20G (Roy Dickens)
Subject: The New Menu.
May I thank all the members who have
helped to make the menu what it is
over the years.
It has become very swish with the
posh layout, graphic headings and
footings, fancy borders and all.
Lots of colour and easy to use.
From: 20G (Roy Dickens)
Subject: That lost weekend!
By Paul Clucas K6X.
(Issue 51)
I really enjoyed Paul's write-up
about the get-together.
Press-ganged into doing the article
he made a good job of it.
What we will have to study carefully
is the next 8-BIT balance sheet. Now
I think that mushy peas will be
acceptable on the expenses side but
as for all of the tinny's and
falling-down-water!...."We ended up
talking about chimps and elephants"
he reckons!....Should it have been
staggering like chimps and seeing
elephants of the pink variety?
Well done to all of you who managed
to get there. Especially Paul with
his seven hour journey. Now that is
what I call a real devoted member.
The only pink things I remember seeing
were the faces of the people trying to
climb them thar hills! (Cluke)
D6G
Sprow
QUIDFIX
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I shall be disappointed if I receive
any letters asking for items to be
fixed,or when buying items,that have
a hash or apostrophe instead of a
pound sign.
However,I have 2 changes to make,they
don't affect the actual pound sign
fixer.
Line 150 (ish) was previously *FX3,2
which stopped all the teletext control
codes going past on the screen. Chris,
using a Master, found that this didn't
work properly,so I looked up FX3 and
I think bit3 needs setting - change
this line to *FX3,10 and see if that
improves it.
Line 400 (ish) is half way through a
PROCclearit.This is again a tweak to
the "user interface". I think I sent
a duff version as my copy I have on
disk at home was right. Add a CLS to
the PROC.
That's all folks,
R.P.Sprowson.
Contact me at the usual address (see
separate note)
8BS mail me on D6G
From: D8J (John Robson)
Subject: Notepad
K6N's notepad program on issue 51, I
found very useful indeed. I got rid of
all my notes and scraps of paper that
one always cannot find when it is
wanted especially on programming hints
and the like.
From: D8J (John Robson)
Subject: Geordie Brown
Fred Price (3MU) and his poems; keep
them coming Fred, you have some really
good ones there. After they come off
the printer I take them into the wife
to read, and if we have had a bad day
(the days are improving slowly) they
do bring a smile to our faces.
From: D8J (John Robson)
Subject: Circles
D6E'S circles; if you look at them for
about 2 mins. and then look at a blank
white sheet of paper you get the
reverse colour. In fact they are used
in certain circles to increase your
awareness by acting on the central
nervous system. You can also use the
actual and reverse colours for walking
the highways of the mind, but unless
trained I would not advise trying
this. If anyone is interested there is
a good book if you can still get it by
J.H.Brennan called "ASTRAL DOORWAYS",
but it still takes a lot of training
and meditation. If anyone would like
to know more please contact me by
letter or through 8BS or telephone.
62-Whitehouse Road
Eastwood
Leigh-on-Sea
Essex
SS9-5SR
01702-420179
From: D8J (John Robson)
Subject: Various Subjects
The program on the PCB layout I thought
was very good. The only problem I found
was that you had to return to the info
section for the keywords.
Jolly jingles; well what can one say?
Its never ending.
Stereogram; wouldn't like to look at it
too long- does my eyes in, and feels
like lots of eyes looking at you all
the time even when you press the space
bar!
The diet program; it was OK for my
weight 11.9, but I have changed the
wife's name from Sylvia to Anna Rexa.
Totally wrong for her height of 5ft.
Recommended by the doctor and various
other people it should be 8st. Never
mind can't win them all.
The compression program I don't really
understand at the moment until I go
into it further so I can't pass any
comments.
The pictures of the get together; it
seems like the fridge was emptied the
first night but no pictures of anyone
eating chip butties from the local
fish & chippy
On issue 50 I could not get the BANNER
TEXT PRINTER PROGRAM to work on the
Master, unless I was doing something
wrong, which would sound about right.
Large Font Text Editor; OK very
impressive, I might have use for it at
a later date.
Issue 49; all programs very good, the
one on Gas & Electricity is in use and
I find it very useful,thanks.
After looking and using the last 2
menu programs on the 8BS discs, I
prefer the one on issue 49, to me it
seems to have a better layout.
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OK Chris thanks anyway for another
good disc and all those who take the
trouble to help in preparing it, and
thanks to everyone who send in their
comments and ideas and programs. I find
it all very interesting. Why BBC
computers? Because they are the best
and not too complicated and we just
love them. Thats Why.
One last comment; the loudspeaker
high or low, keep it low and solder a
miniature toggle switch in circuit and
place on the back panel by the NFS
socket or thereabouts and turn it off
when its not wanted.